Don't forget to take rush hour into account, the trains going to be packed on your way into Chicago.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 7:44 AM on July 16, 2008

I don't think there was much ironic posturing in this video. Just because a few kids go to concerts wearing glam rock shirts and alf pins doesn't mean the whole scene is so obnoxiously self conscious.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 12:38 PM on June 26, 2008

That is super awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 10:31 PM on April 7, 2008

I love how in the first google return the first and only response is someone telling him to use a special forum they have for introductions. That exchange sums up my entire experience with community BBSs. Three quarters of all posts on those things are basically devoid of any thought, they're just knee-jerk reactions. I think in the future I'm going to carefully attend to live conversations, studying them to see if my friends idle chatter is similarly pointless.

And why... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 9:54 AM on April 1, 2008

I actually did that because I'm sick and can't sing in tune very well so I blurred the dissonance with some echo.
posted to MeFi Music by cyphill at 9:51 PM on February 13, 2008

bjork24: Check your local arthouse movie listings, and you'll be able to see all of the animated and live action Oscar nominated short films on the big screen.

Except, of course, they aren't even coming to my state. I'm disappointed, really, YouTube does a horrible job of capturing the beauty in these shorts.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 2:53 PM on February 2, 2008

I got really into Redwall for quite a while as boy.

I also loved the following:
My Father's Dragon
The Dark is Rising Series
And a lot of the previously listed books like The Hobbit (hell, the whole series), Dahl, The Indian in the Cupboard and Little Stuart.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 11:35 AM on January 30, 2008

Ahhh, that's what I enjoy. The injury and death of my friends recreated in a poorly written second-person piece of crap. Can we stop this now?
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 6:12 AM on June 1, 2007

The Wrens - I've Made Enough Friends


Hands full of you hair and I can't stop kissing
I'm licking your lips, my hand on your hips
A rush of wonder this charm we're under might last
[...]
What's beginning? A brand-new winning, I can't stop kissing, I can't...
Undo your buckle while you bite at my neck
I've waited no end, I've made enough friends.
We're down to nothing... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 6:59 PM on May 27, 2007 marked best answer

14,700 for complaining

I'm not going to say I didn't chuckle at that.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 9:53 AM on April 5, 2007

I asked this question a few months back and the consensus appears to be the some dogs are just OCD. Ours did it for a long time after we moved into a new house and recently has cut back. I assume that she had anxiety related to the move, expressed it through her compulsive carpet licking and now is comfortable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 6:34 PM on February 28, 2007

My God! that's some amazing stuff right there
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 6:57 AM on December 29, 2006

Over at Linerider.org there are quite a few programs for recording your tracks and in their forum (which appears to be down right now) there is a lot of good advice about how to accomplish this best.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 7:03 AM on December 27, 2006 marked best answer

Having LPs on the wall is always a sign of coolness. I myself have a few up including the epic Aeroplane over the Sea and the righteously sweet DJ Shadow In Tune and On Time.

In terms of Johnny Cash there are really only three albums to choose

American Recordings
The Legend of Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around.

For Dylan I'd either go with Blood on the Tracks or The Times They... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 3:19 AM on December 5, 2006

The original version of We are going to be friends by the White Stripes is much better IMHO.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 6:18 AM on November 24, 2006

In the book the machine appears to create a copy and kill the double at the same instant. Eventually the "prestige" is understood to be the corpse that is created by every performance.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 12:13 PM on October 22, 2006

Was it Eretz Hatzvi' ("Land of Deer") performed by Yehoram Gaon?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 4:57 PM on September 4, 2006

Fuzzy Monster is one hundred percent right. Take a shot of amaretto and a shot of rum (or half shots if you must), drop then into a glass of beer (still in the shot glass) and chug it down. Tastes exactly like Mr. Pibb.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 8:49 AM on August 6, 2006

It also allows those that view metafilter at work to avoid accidentally clicking on a link that projects the loud sounds of kittens renacting their favorite WoW battles...
posted to MetaTalk by cyphill at 9:15 PM on August 5, 2006

When you do the physical burning of the book either rip it up or flex the pages so there's lots of room for air to circulate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 12:31 PM on July 31, 2006

Well I don't about anyone else, but where I grew up the only private schools nearby were christian schools. So I found it very easy to be pro private school (if they want that kind of thing for their children, they can get it...) and anti-vouchers (...but I don't want my tax dollars funding it).
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 12:51 PM on July 23, 2006

The Notorious B.I.G. and Frank Sinatra - Blue Eyes Meets Bed-Stuy
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 8:42 AM on July 15, 2006

Dude, I think the guy behind me was filming the screen...
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 3:34 PM on July 14, 2006

In the morning when you finally go
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low
And the cardinal hits the window

In the morning in the winter shade
On the first of March on the holiday
I thought I saw you breathing

Oh the glory that the lord has made
And the complications when I see his face
In the morning in the window

Oh the glory when he... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 1:18 PM on July 12, 2006

That is a straight up stunning article. Thanks for posting it.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 4:32 PM on July 9, 2006

Yet it was a French dive that caused the first goal (the replay showed little if any contact), the fouls were consistently even and Zidane obviously overreacted to a little head game. To say that Italy did not deserve the cup is ludicrous. Never mind that their second goal was disqualified for being offsides when it was obviously not...
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 2:33 PM on July 9, 2006

According to wikipedia "A player is in an offside position if 'he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second to last opponent'". The Italians were in a position that would have been considered offsides had the ball been there, but by the time the ball traveled down the field a French player had moved even with them, making the move legal. I looked for a clip of the goal but was unable to find one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 3:07 PM on July 9, 2006

Great, there I go throwing my ignorance out everywhere again
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 3:22 PM on July 9, 2006

posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 1:54 PM on July 9, 2006

My Father's Dragon was always a favorite of mine
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 8:53 AM on July 3, 2006

I passed a drug test only three days after smoking large amounts every day for a full year. Anyone that is saying you will fail must not know any pot heads.

To pass, all I did was drink lots of water the morning before and took some B2 Vitamins to tint my urine yellow (it looked like Mountain Dew, but they never gave it a second glance). When I peed, I began the stream in the toilet, switched to the cup and then finished in the toilet to avoid high concentrations of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 6:27 AM on June 5, 2006

I didn't think mine was worth submitting, so I'll post it here for your mocking pleasure



(biggie sized)
posted to MetaTalk by cyphill at 2:02 PM on May 2, 2006

Antwon.com amazingly, although I have no idea how I wound up there.
posted to MetaTalk by cyphill at 7:20 AM on April 24, 2006

I don't know mecran01, how about the original author? The one who didn't get a three book deal in high school and a picture deal from dreamworks based on plagiarized work. I bet she cares.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 7:14 AM on April 24, 2006

It's not Cauchemar Blanc like interrobang suggested. That's live action and you can watch it here.

Perhaps the movie was not originally french? Because if so, that's going to make it a lot harder to find...
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 12:55 AM on April 24, 2006

Sixteen Military Wives - The Decemberists
The Last Trumpet - Lyrics Born
Dirty Harry - The Gorillaz
Heard Somebody Say - Devandra Banhart
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 11:34 AM on April 16, 2006

Ratatat
Upbeat electro-funk with a little hip-hop (but no vocals) thrown in for good measure. Toss me an email if you want to hear a sample a little better then Amazon's.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 5:07 PM on March 28, 2006

The best example, of course, is Dude, Where's My Car?

Well there goes the badge of quality theory


Anyway....The Weather Man, Gladiator, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chinatown, Mortal Kombat, Miller's Crossing, Full Metal Jacket, Terminator, The Green Mile, Glory, The Excorcist... Basically any movie title that is the name of a character or location (examples: Donnie Darko, Forrest Gump, Chicago, Fargo etc.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 12:34 PM on March 21, 2006

The closest thing I've heard to NMH is David and the Citizens, specifically the song "Now She Sleeps in a Box in the Good Soil of Denmark" although they certainly aren't part of the E6 collective...
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 7:27 AM on March 17, 2006

I'm willing to bet no, the software just isn't sophisticated enough (although a few certainly sound like they were) and it is a relatively new piece of software in the producing market. It's probably only a matter of time, though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 10:09 AM on March 15, 2006

More (link to page which contains description + link to quicktime version)
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 3:00 AM on March 7, 2006 marked best answer

Direct link to .mov
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 3:09 AM on March 7, 2006 marked best answer

Well Harry Enfield is Dr. Angus, so that might be the guy you're looking for.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 11:54 AM on March 2, 2006

I threw together something quickly (I was bored) with a beat shamelessly stolen from the Sound Providers. I tried emailing you, but it wouldn't go through.

link
posted to Ask Metafilter by cyphill at 11:48 PM on February 27, 2006

I came into this thread looking for some really solid information about Chavez and found nothing but annoying partisan sniping, then people denouncing the partisan sniping, then more partisan sniping. Can anyone link some good information about Chavez?
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 2:21 PM on February 26, 2006

thanks Godesky, I will read and return!
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 2:43 PM on February 26, 2006

Kwantsar, if i understand that situation correctly, Chavez is merely selling oil at less of a profit. Although the profit he is losing could be used to benefit the Venezuelans, he is not actually taking money from them per se. From what I've read so far (I have much more thanks to Godesky), this is just another step against the Washington Consensus.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 2:47 PM on February 26, 2006

Er, just to explain slightly better, Chavez is showing how a government run oil industry can supply more oil at a cheaper cost to the poor versus private industries.
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 2:49 PM on February 26, 2006

Kwantsar, try applying that argument to any charitable action performed by governments. The U.S. Government gives billions of dollars in aid a year. They could be using this money to help the homeless or curing aids or cancer. But they aren't. Does that mean they're donating the money at the expense of those citizens?

You're looking at a cost-benifit analysis, right? Well, why don't you try examining the benifits too?
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 3:09 PM on February 26, 2006

See, now I'm part of the left, and I didn't know I hated cheap energy! Thanks to kwantsar I know now what I'm supposed to believe!
posted to MetaFilter by cyphill at 11:16 AM on February 27, 2006